Truss.



L. L. BAKER. TRUSS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1910.

1,002,625, Patented Sept 5,1911.

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LITTLETON LAFAYETTE BAKER, 0F DENISON, TEXAS, ASiSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO W. A. LINK, 0F TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS.

TRUSS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 5, 1910.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911. Serial No. 536,559.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LITTLETON LAFAYETTE BAKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Denison, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Truss, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to trusses and is particularly useful in connection with devices of this character intended for the alleviation or cure of abdominal hernia.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and durable truss in which the pads are adjustable and are resiliently secured to the frame of the device.

A further object of the invention is to.

provide a truss to which may be removably secured abdominal wings, and, if necessary, a suspensory.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and more particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a form of my invention, being adapted to the use of a single pad; Fig. 2 is a face view of the adjusting plate used in connection with this invention; Fig. 3 is a top view of a double extension coiled spring upon which is mounted the truss pad; Fig. 4 is a top view of the securing plate for holding the springs on the adjusting plate shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the holding plate, being cut away partly in section.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, I employ a body spring, which is shown in dotted lines at Fig. 1 of drawings, and to which I have assigned the designating numeral 50. It is constructed in any desired form to fit the portion of the body on which it is desired to wear the truss. At the forward end there is rigidly secured to the spring an extension plate 51, the securement being by means of rivets 52, 52. The end of the plate 51 is provided with a rounded extension 53, the under surface of which is serrated radially to receive in fixed engagement the serrated surface 54 provided on the rounded end of the adjusting plate 55. The plate 55 is provided 5 with parallel extension arms 56 and with a perforation 57 passing through the center of the rounded surface 54. A suitable screw 58 is extended through the extension 53, and is held in thread engagement with the plate 55, the perforation 57 being suitably tapped to engage the said thread. The screw 58 is provided with a swivel link 59 whereby the screw may be tightened and loosened as desired. Any other form of device for turning this screw may be substitutedfor the link 59.

The plate 55 is provided with a perforation 60 adapted to receive an attaching screw 61, which maintains a securing plate 62 upon the adjusting plate 55. A smooth bore perforation 63 is provided in the plate 62 to pass the screw 61, while the perforation 60 is suitably tapped to receive in thread engagement the said screw.

The arms 56, 56 are suitably supported and adapted to be passed through the center of coils 64, 64 of a pad holder. The coils 64, 64 are united by a loop 65 adapted to receive the securing screws 66, 66 by means of which the pad is fixedly mounted upon the springs 64, 64. The loop 65 is formed from an integral section of the spring 64, while the free ends of the wire constituting the springs are extended to form the arms 67, 67. In operation the arms 67 extend over the arm 56 which is not engaged by the coils 64, 64. These arms form the anchorage for the springs 64, 64 to hold the same in position when the strain of displacement is received upon the pad 68 which is mounted upon the loop 65 as shown. When the pad 68 is suitably mount-- ed by means of the screws 66, 66 within the loop 65, the coils 64, 64 may be threaded upon either of the arms 56, 56, extending the arms 67, 67 over the opposite arm 56. This operation requires nothing more than that the plate 62 shall be removed from its engagement with the plate 55 so as to free the ends of the arms 56, 56. After the pad 68 has been adjusted in position, the plate 62 is mounted upon the plate 55 by extending the arms 56, 56 through the longitudinal perforations 69, 69 provided in the enlarged end 70 of the plate 62. The plate 62, as above stated, is secured by means of the screw 61 fixedly on the plate 55, thereby locking the screw 64 in position.

At the enlarged end 70 of the plate 62 is a stud 73 having a reduced neck and adapted to be inserted in one or the other of the eyelets 71 of the flexible end of the strap 72 to secure the ends of the device together.

With a construction such as described, the

desired adjustment may be made over quite an extended area, as is shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The plate 62, having been secured in position, holding in fixed relation the pad- 68 upon the arms 56, a perpendicular adjustment by the screw 58 may be made by loosening the said screw, permitting the serrated faces of the extension 53 and the serrated surface 54 of the plate 55 to, separate sufficiently to move the plate 55, carrying the plate 62 and pad 68 about the screw 58 as a center. When the desired location is obtained, the parts are set fixedly in such posit-ion by tightening the screw 58.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a truss, a pad mounting comprising a member having spaced arms, and aspring extension adapted to support the pad and iormedto be mounted upon either of said arms and engaging the other of said arms, whereby said extension is reversible.

2. In a truss, a pad mounting comprising a plate adjustably mounted upon the truss body spring, means for holding said plate in a plurality of positions, said plate having a pair of spaced arms, a resilient extension removably and reversibly carried by either of said arms and engaging the. other of said arms, a pad adjust-ably secured to said extension, a strap associated with the truss body spring, and'means for adjust-ably securing said strap to said plate.

3. In a truss, a body spring, a plate adjustably carried by said body spring and having an arm, means for holding said plate in a plurality of positions relative to said body spring, a securing plate adapted to engage said arm, means for holding said securing plate in position, a pad holder having a coil adapted to be reversibly and removably received by said arm, and a pad carried by said holder.

4:. In a truss, a body spring, a plate adjustably carried by said body spring, means for holding said plate in a plurality of positions relative to said body spring, said plate having arms, a securing plate having openings adapted to receive the ends of said arms, means for holding said securing plate in position, a pad holder having coils adapted to be removably carried by one of said arms, and engaging the other of said arms, and a pad carried by said holder.

5. In a truss, a body spring having an extension, a plate having a serrated part adapted to be mounted upon said extension, a screw for adjustably holding said plate in position, said plate having arms, a securing plate having openings adapted to receive said arms, means for holding said securing plate with respect to said first-mentioned plate, a pad holder comprising coils having laterally disposed extremities, and connecting them, a loop, said coils being adapted to be removably received by either of said arms, with said ends engaging the other of said arms, and a pad carried by said loop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of subscribing Witnesses.

LITTLETON LAFAYETTE BAKER.

Witnesses:

MARCUS M. BRIGHAM, B. F. BREWER, WALTER G. SIKEs.

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